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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If I received a £500 gift from the CEO of a cleaning company specialising in education settings. I think I would be duty bound to disclose that. This MAGAism of never explain, never apologise, needs to excised from our politics. Responding to: www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham have met away from No 10 to discuss transition – UK politics live

Prime minister said to have left Downing Street for secret meeting with his probable successor

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social the whole Farage £5m situation beggars belief. I’m a school governor - which is a public office - and every meeting we have to declare any “pecuniary interests” that might be relevant to our role on the governing body.

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I think _evidencing_ pair/ensemble programming is the biggest barrier to TBD in regulated or audited environments. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Audit evidence is exactly what Kosli is for. I would love to chat through some thoughts on this with you.

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Is there a better way to have a speed dial to relaxed than an old fashioned?

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Notice that all of the execs who are deciding that DEI isn't worth it are white. Meaning the people who are in charge and get to decide what's "worth it" are still white and mostly men. That was part of the point of seeking more diversity. We know what they're gonna do. We need somebody else.

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We were clear when we started what qualities we valued. Perhaps that’s the key in commercial work is for everyone to be clear about the qualities the team value - and why?

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Best is subjective, right? That code, for us, had all the qualities we valued - that were important in that context. For a lot of commercial work the cost of delay to work like that might outweigh the value of those other qualities.

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The space was between the pairing sessions was such a key part of what made that work.

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Matt Wynne @mattwynne.net · 09/01/2025

Some of the best code I’ve ever written, paring with @tooky.bsky.social, was made one day a week, over 18 months, with ample space for contemplation in between each weekly session. We weren’t trying to be (or look) productive, yet 10 years later what we produced was vital to that project’s success.

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Steve Tooke @tooky.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I’m not one for regrets, but the whole elf on a shelf thing. Magic of Christmas == 24 days a year of scrabbling around making up an elf-prank when all you want to do is go to bed.

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The Pragmatic Bookshelf ✅ @pragprog.com · 19/11/2024

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